madbrained
English
Etymology
Adjective
madbrained (comparative more madbrained, superlative most madbrained)
- madcap; crazy
- c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- contumelious, beastly, mad-brained war
Related terms
References
- “madbrained”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.